My 3 year old male Hongsloi is likely going to die soon and I'm looking for a replacement species for a 29. I'm looking for a species that is ok in white water (my water is kh 3 gh 7 tds 120 ph 7.0-7.1). The water was slightly too hard for hongsloi for eggs to hatch (which is ok i think). I think what happened to my male Hongsloi is three weeks ago the heater failed in my water change pail and the water was cooler than expected so the temp dropped 6 degrees during water change.
I'd like a passive species that is mostly pair bonding or opportunistic poly as they are less likely to have m/f aggression when not breeding (my female hongsloi had to hide 24/7 when not ready to lay eggs). If small enough and passive enough i'd like to keep 2 pairs in my 29. I've read a bit about these species (which are readily available) but not sure which is best or if they are all pretty much equal: catei, D18 and pucallpaensis. I'm leaning torwards the catei but not sure. Borelli would be another option but I have several pairs of them so i think something different would be in order. This is my 29:
I'd like a passive species that is mostly pair bonding or opportunistic poly as they are less likely to have m/f aggression when not breeding (my female hongsloi had to hide 24/7 when not ready to lay eggs). If small enough and passive enough i'd like to keep 2 pairs in my 29. I've read a bit about these species (which are readily available) but not sure which is best or if they are all pretty much equal: catei, D18 and pucallpaensis. I'm leaning torwards the catei but not sure. Borelli would be another option but I have several pairs of them so i think something different would be in order. This is my 29: